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	<strong>Netherlands national football team</strong></div>
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	Netherlands national men&rsquo;s football team represents the Netherlands in international men&rsquo;s football tournaments. Known for total football, Netherlands is one of the strongest teams in world football which has failed to win a World Cup title. The team won a European title in 1988 which has been its only major international title.</div>
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	Also referred to as Oranje and Holland, the Dutch team is governed by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB). The team is under the global jurisdiction of the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) and Union of European Football Association (UEFA) in Europe.</div>
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	The top scorer of the Dutch national team is Robin Van Persie while Wesley Sneijder has the most appearances for the national team. Georginio Wijnaldum, who recently left Liverpool to join Paris Saint-Germain, is the captain of the team. The position of head coach is vacant after Frank de Boer stepped down as the Netherlands went out of the Euro 2020 in the round of 16.</div>
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	The Dutch team has provided some of the best talents the world has ever seen. They are &mdash; Johan Cruff, who as a player won the Ballon d&#39;Or three times and is considered as the greatest proponent of the total football philosophy, Dennis Bergkamp, Marco van Basten, Ronald Koeman, Frank de Boer, Ruud Gullit, Edwin van der Sar, Frank Rijkaard, Patrick Kluivert, Ruud van Nistelrooy, among many others.</div>
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	The team plays most home matches at the Johan Cruyff Arena and the Stadion Feijenoord.</div>
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	<strong>History of Netherlands national football team</strong></h4>
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	The team played its first international match against Belgium in Antwerp in 1905. The team won the match 4-1 marking its entry in international football. Their first international tournament was 1908 Summer Olympics where they won the bronze medal. The team qualified for their first World Cup tournament in 1934. Till the 1970s, the team only qualified for two major international tournaments. In the 1970s, total football established Netherlands as one of the biggest names in world football. The philosophy was pioneered by Dutch club Ajax Amsterdam and led by Johan Cruyff.</div>
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	<strong>Netherlands at the FIFA World Cup</strong></h4>
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	The team has appeared in a total of ten World Cup tournaments. The team has never lost a World Cup match with a margin of more than one goal in regular time. The team reached the final of the World Cup tournaments thrice. The first was in 1974, then in 1978, and the last time came in 2010. In the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, the team finished third. The team failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup for the first time since 2002.</div>
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	<strong>Netherlands at UEFA European Championship</strong></h4>
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	In the continental tournament, the team has qualified for the event 10 times, including the Euro 2020. Their first participation in the tournament came in 1976 and their first and only major title was the European Championship of 1988. The team was defeated in the Euro 2020 round of 16 matches by the Czech Republic.</div>


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